DESIGN RULES FOR A LOW-CHIRP INTEGRATED DFB LASER WITH AN ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR

Authors
LESTRA A BROSSON P
Citation
A. Lestra et P. Brosson, DESIGN RULES FOR A LOW-CHIRP INTEGRATED DFB LASER WITH AN ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(8), 1996, pp. 998-1000
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
998 - 1000
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:8<998:DRFALI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Feedback from the front facet of an integrated DFB laser with an elect roabsorption modulator generates additional chirp to the single modula tor. The reduction of the sensitivity to that feedback is in tradeoff relation with the external differential quantum efficiency and the sin gle-mode yield. We introduce a figure-of-merit for the feedback sensit ivity. It is obtained from the modeling of the small signal frequency modulation (FM). It indicates design rules for low-chirp and high-effi ciency devices.